01-29-2017, 11:37 PM
[#0000FF]Don't decide to NOT go to Starvation based on the tournament results. They set it up in the historically worst area of the lake for ice fishing. Starvy is one of those "90/10" lakes...90 percent of the fish will be found in only about 10 percent of the lake. The fish go where the groceries are...that means weed beds and/or rocky structure where there are aquatic invertebrates and small perch. The area out off the main boat ramp is a barren mud bottom desert. Whoever planned that did not know the lake well.
The good thing about Knight Hollow, Indian Bay and Rabbit Gulch is that there is a wide diversity of depths and bottom conditions. It helps to know the underwater topography but even if you don't you can drill a lot of holes and find different situations if you are willing to work for it. Or...if you get lucky...you can follow the trails of previous anglers and look for holes with blood around them...hopefully fish blood and not angler blood.
If nothing else, you can check the bottom depth and conditions there...even if the fish have moved...and then look for similar conditions nearby. The fish usually do not move far in that lake. If they are patterning on the edges of weed beds that is what you look for.
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The good thing about Knight Hollow, Indian Bay and Rabbit Gulch is that there is a wide diversity of depths and bottom conditions. It helps to know the underwater topography but even if you don't you can drill a lot of holes and find different situations if you are willing to work for it. Or...if you get lucky...you can follow the trails of previous anglers and look for holes with blood around them...hopefully fish blood and not angler blood.
If nothing else, you can check the bottom depth and conditions there...even if the fish have moved...and then look for similar conditions nearby. The fish usually do not move far in that lake. If they are patterning on the edges of weed beds that is what you look for.
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